Dick Annegarn
Chanteur

Néerlandais

MARLEY AND THE NEGUS

Marley was a friend with the Negus
But the Negus was no friend of his
He’s no God nor Jesus
How could he dismiss this

I and I under the sky
Eden isn’t great enough
Milk and honey and grass so high
Dreaming life so tough

Ethiopia the tyraus falling, smote them upon their knees
Children are lost and lostly calling over the distant seas

The King of Kings came to Kingston town
In the spring of sixty-six
Who could imagine he would thus slow down,
In a such heavy mist

Marley was a friend with the Negus
But the Negus was no friend of his
He’s no God nor Jesus
How could he dismiss this

The story started here long ago
In the South of the land of Kush
Moses’s wife she came from here
Does it justify the rush

Ethiopia the tyraus falling, smote them upon their knees
Children are lost and lostly calling over the distant seas

Ras Makonan the father of the son
Rimbaud had to deal with
No poetry, nor joke nor fun
Business is just a mess yes